Round 27, Hour 22

[lolmac]

This will be my last post for the night; I leave you in the capable hands of lothithil.  She will keep the savage giraffes at bay, or possibly serve them a tasty snack that will allay their savage appetites and keep them from biting the plot bunnies.

I shall now attempt to actually WRITE, hah!

Comments

[pitry.livejournal.com]

THE GIRAFFES HAVE THE PHONE BOX.

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

NOT ANYMORE, I STOLE IT FROM THEM. *my icon goes "neener neener" at your icon* ;-)

[lolmac]

Darn it, that's what happens when you blink!

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

GO WRITE WIN!

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

"And call me when you get back, darling. I enjoy our visits."

(Sorry, did anyone else get that? Clearly I miss my sisters. ;P)

[lolmac]

But no capes! No capes!

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Reading Wikipedia articles practically counts as research, right? And that in turn practically counts as writing...

[thisbluespirit]

Wikipedia articles are definitely research. :-) So, yes.

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you agree! ;D

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Wikipedia articles are research! :-) (Or "research", depending. But mine are Proper Research, on the Gulf War and related stuff. XD)

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Yeah, "research"... No, I was reading up on ancient middle-eastern fish-gods, so that definitely counts, right? ;D

[lolmac]

It depends in part on the article, but yes, it usually counts.

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Well, some of the things they have on there... ;)

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Well! I have over 400 words of fic! Probably in the wrong POV (I am, as previously noted, experimenting with POVs - the result of the current experiment being that if I try to write in first person with a male protagonist it invariably sounds like that jerk Harry Dresden), but it is fic. I should write blindfolded more often; it keeps me from stopping and editing my stories out of existence 'fore they get wrote. ;P

[lolmac]

That's quite a cool technique!! Go you!

[thisbluespirit]

Well, goodnight and good luck fic_rushers!

I didn't write any more words (probably sensible) but I did tidy some of the previous ones and print them off so I can have a look at it in the morning.

See you then! :-)

*reminds self to put clock forward*

[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Good night to you! :-) And yay for tidy words!

[lolmac]

Uh-oh! The Stolen Hour is approaching! Fetch the aardvarks!

[thisbluespirit]

:lol: I saw this first thing (have satisfactorily lost an hour) and "Fetch the aardvarks" fits perfectly to a line in the children's 'round' London's Burning, so...:

Rushers writing, rushers writing
Fetch the aardvarks! Fetch the aardvarks!
No more penguins, no more penguins.
(etc.)

Hmm. I was sure that song had more lines. I may have to go do net research to see whether I've missed some and can actually get alien fish and giraffes in. (Or a second verse...?) Now I have a Really Annoying Fic_Rush song and it's all your fault! :loL:

[lolmac]

The original song has four lines, not three. (I first heard it as 'Scotland's Burning'.) I think you forgot the 'Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!' line.

Rushers writing, writers rushing
Aardvarks! Aardvarks!
Fish! Fish! Fish! Fish!
Fetch the penguins! Fetch the penguins!

[thisbluespirit]

I forgot the fire, yes!!! :lol:

Although maybe yours is a different version, because aardvarks wouldn't fit like that - it goes (even if I get it in the wrong order again):

London's burning, London's burning
Fetch the engines, fetch the engines
Fire fire! Fire fire!
Pour on water, pour on water.

Scotland's burning? We usually only set fire to London over here, as a general rule. It likes a good fire at least once a century.

So,
Rushers writing, rushers writing,
Fetch the aardvarks, fetch the aardvarks
Fish fish! Fish fish!
Ninja penguins, ninja penguins

What do you think? ("Fetch the aardvarks" was how you kicked it off in my head, that bit has to stay!!)

So, can we do a musical round by time zones???? :lol:

[thisbluespirit]

Third verse(Yes, I should do something else, I know):

Bunnies biting, bunnies biting,
Do the laundry! Do the laundry!
Write, write! Write, write!
Where's MacGyver? Where's MacGyver?

[lolmac]

*howls with laughter*

[lolmac]

The version I learned had "Look out! Look out!" instead of "Fetch the engines, fetch the engines!" Hence the different scansion. I'm all in favour of your version if it means we get to keep "Fetch the aardvarks!"

I have no idea why it was Scotland instead of London. Presumably an example of American decadence. The 'Scotland' version, with 'Look out' instead of 'Fetch the engines', was popular in this country in the mid-19th century:
http://marekmusic.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/scotlands-burning-civil-war-prank/

Presumably it was assumed that Scotland had no fire engines available . . .

[thisbluespirit]

:lol: That's a great story in the link, thanks! I've no idea of the history of it, so it could have mutated through any number of forms; it's that kind of song that children pick up, although I know it from being forced to sing it by music teachers.

I can't find a 'proper' version of it, but the first bit of this gives you the 'Fetch the engines' line as I know it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iQ3TmkSRj8

[thisbluespirit]

Second verse?

Giraffes plotting, giraffes plotting,
Fetch the Doctor! Fetch the Doctor!
Lost hour! Lost hour!
Give us glowsticks, give us glowsticks.

[thisbluespirit]

Third verse(Yes, I should do something else, I know):

Bunnies biting, bunnies biting,
Do the laundry! Do the laundry!
Write, write! Write, write!
Where's MacGyver? Where's MacGyver?

[pitry.livejournal.com]

G'night!